Tesla Electric customers came out of Texas heatwave with an extra $100 in their pockets
Powerwall owners on the Tesla Electric plan in Texas are coming out of the recent heatwave with an extra $100...
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Tesla home to grid
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FrancSevin
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I believe Kymoco's battery swap is the way to go.
It eliminates the time lag to charge a battery. Thus making the technology compete with liquid fossil fuels.
As I have explained in the past, I had proposed such a concept in 1980 with an electric car built around a battery exchange system. The battery pack was a tray (on casters) that held ten @ 12 volt standard batteries. Easy to exchange, rebuild and improve. The car was built around a central tube that contained the battery pack.. Push a fresh pack in the front, and the expended pack goes out the back. Fuel stations would simply plug them to chargers for reuse.
The car would have been built by Sebring, a manufacturer of kit cars, sold by Sears, and the battery system owned and operated by Shell Oil. After two years of negotiations, the deal fell thru when gasoline prices dropped to a dollar a gallon.
And,,,;
The fueling companies had begun to eliminate fuel station attendants by going to self-service.
Swapping the battery had several bonuses.
1) The battery was owned by the energy provider thus removing it's cost from the vehicle purchase price.
2) It allowed for battery technology to improve as the batteries were independently owned by an energy provider. Free market forces would have incentivized the battery provider(s) to compete and improve.
3) The five-minute exchange process would have competed with fossil re-fueling and allow for home charging as well.
However, I was a just little guy with an idea that didn't fly. Talking to big corporations that had no vision.
It eliminates the time lag to charge a battery. Thus making the technology compete with liquid fossil fuels.
As I have explained in the past, I had proposed such a concept in 1980 with an electric car built around a battery exchange system. The battery pack was a tray (on casters) that held ten @ 12 volt standard batteries. Easy to exchange, rebuild and improve. The car was built around a central tube that contained the battery pack.. Push a fresh pack in the front, and the expended pack goes out the back. Fuel stations would simply plug them to chargers for reuse.
The car would have been built by Sebring, a manufacturer of kit cars, sold by Sears, and the battery system owned and operated by Shell Oil. After two years of negotiations, the deal fell thru when gasoline prices dropped to a dollar a gallon.
And,,,;
The fueling companies had begun to eliminate fuel station attendants by going to self-service.
Swapping the battery had several bonuses.
1) The battery was owned by the energy provider thus removing it's cost from the vehicle purchase price.
2) It allowed for battery technology to improve as the batteries were independently owned by an energy provider. Free market forces would have incentivized the battery provider(s) to compete and improve.
3) The five-minute exchange process would have competed with fossil re-fueling and allow for home charging as well.
However, I was a just little guy with an idea that didn't fly. Talking to big corporations that had no vision.
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I do believe we are going to see more and more of this. There's a program in it's infancy through Rocky mountain power, Pacific Corp. That is talking about home to grid, and vehicle to grid. Basically they are paying a premium for you to have batteries in your house or garage or wherever, that during high demand situations they can control and dump power into the grid. This is similar to the situation my buddy has where they pay him a premium for his power during high demand times.
as more solar and wind gets introduced to the grid, these unstable power supplies need some sort of a battery to provide power 24/7
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Here's a large water battery that is being built in Wyoming.
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as more solar and wind gets introduced to the grid, these unstable power supplies need some sort of a battery to provide power 24/7
Utah solar battery program hopes to create 'virtual power plants'
Rocky Mountain Power is rolling out a program that is one of the first of its kind in the United States. A spokesperson for Rocky Mountain Power said the Utah WattSmart Battery program will strengthen our power grid, and create the grid of the future. The program can also earn residents hundreds...
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Here's a large water battery that is being built in Wyoming.
Water battery: Utah company advances Wyoming pumped-storage project
rPlus Hydro, a Utah company, has submitted a final application to build a 900-megawatt pumped storage project in Wyoming that could provide clean, renewable power even when the sun is down and the wind isn't blowing.
FrancSevin
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In the article was a discussion about electric bikes with switchable batteries.
I should have cited that.